{"id":100300,"date":"2025-10-07T13:32:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T17:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pappp.net\/?guid=b5316559491132c5ca03d4767b9b8ee0"},"modified":"2025-10-07T13:32:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T17:32:22","slug":"qualcomm-gobbles-up-arduino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/?p=100300","title":{"rendered":"Qualcomm gobbles up Arduino"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: OSNews<\/a><\/p>\n

Article note: This is probably not good.\nQualcomm's record with sustained community engagement is not good, with open source is not good, etc. Just on the basis of the Arduino platform targeting a large variety of target micros from a large variety of vendors, and having one of that set of vendors in control of the platform is likely to introduce unfortunate biases in compatibility and resource decisions.<\/div>

It was good while it lasted, I guess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n

Arduino will retain its independent brand, tools, and mission, while continuing to support a wide range of microcontrollers and microprocessors from multiple semiconductor providers as it enters this next chapter within the Qualcomm family. Following this acquisition, the 33M+ active users in the Arduino community will gain access to Qualcomm Technologies’ powerful technology stack and global reach. Entrepreneurs, businesses, tech professionals, students, educators, and hobbyists will be empowered to rapidly prototype and test new solutions, with a clear path to commercialization supported by Qualcomm Technologies’ advanced technologies and extensive partner ecosystem.<\/p>\n↫ Qualcomm’s press release<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Qualcomm’s track record when it comes to community engagement, open source, and long-term support are absolutely atrocious, and there’s no way Arduino will be able to withstand the pressures from management. We’ve seen this exact story play out a million times, and it always begins with lofty promises, and always ends with all of them being broken. I have absolutely zero faith Arduino will be able to continue to do its thing like it has.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arduino devices are incredibly popular, and it makes sense for Qualcomm to acquire them. If I were using Arduino’s for my open source projects, I’d be a bit on edge right now.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was good while it lasted, I guess.<\/p>\n

Arduino will retain its independent brand, tools, and mis…<\/p>\n

Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[226],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=100300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=100300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=100300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=100300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}